diff --git a/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/amp-user-notification.js b/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/amp-user-notification.js
index 3c042bf999d4..572f7cb5b60d 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/amp-user-notification.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/amp-user-notification.js
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ import {xhrFor} from '../../../src/xhr';
 const TAG = 'amp-user-notification';
 
 
-/**
- * @export
- * @typedef {{
- *   elementId: string,
- *   ampUserId: string
- * }}
- */
-let PostRequestMetadataDef;
-
 /**
  * @export
  * @typedef {{
@@ -74,6 +65,14 @@ class NotificationInterface {
    * @return {!Promise}
    */
   show() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether this notification has been dismissed and the dismissal
+   * has been persisted in storage. Returns false if storage throws error or
+   * 'data-persist-dismissal' is disabled.
+   * @return {!Promise<boolean>}
+   */
+  isDismissed() {}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -239,21 +238,7 @@ export class AmpUserNotification extends AMP.BaseElement {
 
   /** @override */
   shouldShow() {
-    let maybeCheckStoragePromise;
-
-    if (this.persistDismissal_) {
-      maybeCheckStoragePromise = this.storagePromise_.then(storage => {
-        return storage.get(this.storageKey_);
-      });
-    } else {
-      // Skip reading storage when not data-persist-dismissal.
-      maybeCheckStoragePromise = Promise.resolve(null);
-    }
-
-    return maybeCheckStoragePromise.catch(reason => {
-      dev.error(TAG, 'Failed to read storage', reason);
-      return false;
-    }).then(dismissed => {
+    return this.isDismissed().then(dismissed => {
       if (dismissed) {
         // Consent has been accepted. Nothing more to do.
         return false;
@@ -286,6 +271,19 @@ export class AmpUserNotification extends AMP.BaseElement {
     return this.dialogPromise_;
   }
 
+  /** @override */
+  isDismissed() {
+    if (!this.persistDismissal_) {
+      return Promise.resolve(false);
+    }
+    return this.storagePromise_
+        .then(storage => storage.get(this.storageKey_))
+        .then(persistedValue => !!persistedValue, reason => {
+          dev.error(TAG, 'Failed to read storage', reason);
+          return false;
+        });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Hides the current user notification and invokes the `dialogResolve_`
    * method. Removes the `.amp-active` class from the element.
@@ -339,7 +337,7 @@ export class UserNotificationManager {
    * Retrieve a promise associated to an `amp-user-notification` component
    * that is resolved when user agrees to the terms.
    * @param {string} id
-   * @return {!Promise}
+   * @return {!Promise<!NotificationInterface>}
    */
   get(id) {
     this.managerReadyPromise_.then(() => {
@@ -347,19 +345,18 @@ export class UserNotificationManager {
         user.warn(TAG, `Did not find amp-user-notification element ${id}.`);
       }
     });
-    return this.getElementDeferById_(id).promise;
+    return this.getOrCreateDeferById_(id).promise;
   }
 
   /**
    * Register an instance of `amp-user-notification`.
    * @param {string} id
-   * @param {!UserNotification} userNotification
+   * @param {!NotificationInterface} userNotification
    * @return {!Promise}
    * @package
    */
   registerUserNotification(id, userNotification) {
-    const deferred = this.getElementDeferById_(id);
-
+    const deferred = this.getOrCreateDeferById_(id);
     // Compose the registered notifications into a promise queue
     // that blocks until one notification is dismissed.
     return this.nextInQueue_ = this.nextInQueue_
@@ -370,27 +367,19 @@ export class UserNotificationManager {
             }
           });
         })
-        .then(deferred.resolve)
+        .then(deferred.resolve.bind(this, userNotification))
         .catch(rethrowAsync.bind(null,
             'Notification service failed amp-user-notification', id));
   }
 
   /**
-   * Retrieve UserNotificationDeferDef object.
+   * Retrieves UserNotificationDeferDef object. Creates an defer if it doesn't
+   * exist.
    * @param {string} id
    * @return {!UserNotificationDeferDef}
    * @private
    */
-  getElementDeferById_(id) {
-    return this.createOrReturnDefer_(id);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Create an defer if it doesnt exist, else just return the one in the
-   * registry.
-   * @return {!UserNotificationDeferDef}
-   */
-  createOrReturnDefer_(id) {
+  getOrCreateDeferById_(id) {
     if (this.deferRegistry_[id]) {
       return this.deferRegistry_[id];
     }
diff --git a/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/test/test-amp-user-notification.js b/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/test/test-amp-user-notification.js
index e783fa3c2cb6..9cfe9e973f0e 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/test/test-amp-user-notification.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-user-notification/0.1/test/test-amp-user-notification.js
@@ -115,6 +115,57 @@ describe('amp-user-notification', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('isDismissed should return true if dismissal has been recorded', () => {
+    return getUserNotification(dftAttrs).then(el => {
+      const impl = el.implementation_;
+      impl.buildCallback();
+
+      storageMock.expects('get')
+          .withExactArgs('amp-user-notification:n1')
+          .returns(Promise.resolve(true))
+          .once();
+      return expect(impl.isDismissed()).to.eventually.equal(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('isDismissed should return false if dismissal has not been recorded',
+      () => {
+        return getUserNotification(dftAttrs).then(el => {
+          const impl = el.implementation_;
+          impl.buildCallback();
+
+          storageMock.expects('get')
+              .withExactArgs('amp-user-notification:n1')
+              .returns(Promise.resolve(null))
+              .once();
+          return expect(impl.isDismissed()).to.eventually.equal(false);
+        });
+      });
+
+  it('isDismissed should return false if data-persist-dismissal=false', () => {
+    dftAttrs['data-persist-dismissal'] = false;
+    return getUserNotification(dftAttrs).then(el => {
+      const impl = el.implementation_;
+      impl.buildCallback();
+
+      storageMock.expects('get').never();
+      return expect(impl.isDismissed()).to.eventually.equal(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('isDismissed should return false if storage throws error', () => {
+    return getUserNotification(dftAttrs).then(el => {
+      const impl = el.implementation_;
+      impl.buildCallback();
+
+      storageMock.expects('get')
+          .withExactArgs('amp-user-notification:n1')
+          .returns(Promise.reject('intentional'))
+          .once();
+      return expect(impl.isDismissed()).to.eventually.equal(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('shouldShow should return false if storage has been recorded', () => {
     return getUserNotification(dftAttrs).then(el => {
       const impl = el.implementation_;
@@ -471,10 +522,17 @@ describe('amp-user-notification', () => {
       };
     });
 
-    it('should be able to get a resolved service', () => {
-      service.registerUserNotification('n1', tag);
+    it('should be able to get AmpUserNotification object by ID', () => {
+      let userNotification;
 
-      return service.get('n1');
+      return getUserNotification().then(element => {
+        return new AmpUserNotification(element);
+      }).then(un => {
+        userNotification = un;
+        service.registerUserNotification('n1', userNotification);
+      }).then(() => {
+        return expect(service.get('n1')).to.eventually.equal(userNotification);
+      });
     });
 
     it('should queue up multiple amp-user-notification elements', () => {